Current Veterinary Therapy: Food Animal Practice - Grand Format

This all-new, comprehensive resource features the latest medical and surgical interventions for cattle, sheep, and goats. Addressing treatment of both the individual animal and herd populations, the book is completely revised to contain only the most current treatments and techniques, written by leading researchers, practitioners, and educators in food animal practice. Get the up-to-date information you need on prevention, therapy, and management of food animal disease ! Virtually every chapter is new to this volume - with new sections on genital surgery, both male and female ; pharmacology and therapeutics ; restraint, anesthesia, and pain management ; cow-calf production medicine ; and feedlot production medicine.
Concise, easy-to-read chapters provide essential information on therapy in just a few pages - perfect for the time-challenged practitioner. Hot topics include biosecurity in feedlots, therapy in organic livestock medicine, and ethical responsibilities in dreg selection for use in food animals. New coverage of surgical procedure, including laparoscopic surgery, is presented for some disorders.